Libya
Libya condemns killing of 26 Bangladeshis
Libya has condemned the killings of 26 Bangladeshis by Libyan human traffickers in Mizdah and said it would bring the killers to book.
29 Bangladeshis return home from Libya
Twenty-nine Bangladeshis, who remained stranded in the turbulent Libyan capital Tripoli and its suburbs, returned home early yesterday.
Bangladeshis in war-torn Libya / 500 stranded in Tripoli
Around 500 Bangladeshis may have been stranded in two locations of Libya, about 200-kilometre off to the country’s capital, amid fighting between UN-backed Libyan government and Libyan National Army.
90 migrants feared drowned after boat capsizes off Libya: UN
About 90 people were feared drowned after a smuggler's boat mostly carrying Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast early Friday, the UN.'s migration agency says.
Kidnap abroad, ransom here
They have been held hostage in Libya and tortured brutally by fellow Bangladeshis. Video clips of their sufferings have then been sent to their relatives by members of the network here asking for ransom.
Libyan port ‘re-taken from IS’
Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State.
Shipwrecks off Libyan coast, up to 700 feared dead
At least 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says.
Migrant crisis: Dozens feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast while some 50 have been rescued by EU vessels from the sea.
19 brokers sending Bangladeshis to Libya illegally identified
At least 19 Bangladeshi brokers, who are allegedly cheating and trafficking fellow countrymen into Libya illegally, are identified, say officials at Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli.
40 migrants die in Mediterranean (video)
At least 40 migrants have died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a boat in the Mediterranean.
Indian teachers 'kidnapped in Libya'
Four Indian teachers are kidnapped in Libya, India's foreign ministry says.
Govt stops operation in Libya, issues travel alert
Bangladesh embassy suspends operations in war-torn Libya, advises Bangladeshis including migrant workers to avoid traveling there.
UN: IS destruction of heritage sites a war crime
The UN's cultural agency says destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones by Islamic State and other extremist groups could amount to war crimes.
US says Benghazi attack suspect killed in Iraq
US says an air strike in Iraq has killed an Islamic State (IS) militant linked to an attack on a US diplomatic compound in Libya 3 years ago.
Top Islamist 'killed' in US strike
A top Islamist militant who ordered a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant two years ago has been killed in a US air strike in Libya, officials say.
Warships rescue thousands off Libya coast
European warships and coast guard vessels rescue more than 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya.
Islamic State militants in Libya 'seize Sirte airport'
Islamic State militants in Libya claims to have seized the airport in the coastal city of Sirte
Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli confirms
Libya's official government bans Bangladeshi workers from entering the country because many try to travel to Europe by boat illegally, a government spokesman says.
Islamic State militants 'smuggled to Europe'
Libyan government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun says Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean on boats filled with migrants.
